Resiliency In Action, 2nd Edition

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Nan Henderson, Editor (with Bonnie Benard & Nancy Sharp-Light).

Foreword by Peter Benson, Ph.D., President of Search Institute.

A one of a kind resource to guide every aspect of fostering resiliency in children, youth, families and communities.

Contents include: The Foundations of Resiliency; Resiliency and Schools; Resiliency and Communities; Creating Connections: Mentoring, Support and Peer Programs; Resiliency and Youth
(including Asset) Development; Resiliency in Families; and Resiliency and the Brain.

Each section is filled with easy-to-understand research reports and ways that the research is being applied. The “must have” book for school, agencies, and community organizations as they meet the challenges of the next decade.

“Bursting with new ideas, exemplars of best practices…and interviews with individuals – leaders and pioneers in the field – who have been doing resiliency work for years. Ahead of the curve.”
– Dennis Saleeby, Ph.D., University of Kansas, Editor of The Strengths Perspective in Social Work Practice

Book Testimonials

“Where you now see youth and adults with problems, [this book] will show you people with strengths and promise. Where you now feel helpless and hopeless, it will show you your power to help others change and to make changes in your own life...As a clinical psychologist and social worker for over 20 years, I have used the resiliency-based principles and suggestions in this book to create a more successful strengths-based practice…”

Testimonials

“A fabulous resource! Henderson's work has definitely motivated me to change my frame of mind, and remind me why I love working with children in the field of education. She reminds us all that children, no matter how traumatized or troubled, are not helpless, but have the opportunity to become as successful as they wish to be!”